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Madonna and Child
Gerard David
1490
Oil on panel
Berlin, Staatliche Museen
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| Motif of Virgo Lactans (Madonna del Latte) - Madonna breastfeeding her Child. Lactans iconography probably derives from Egypt with the statues of sitting Isis who is nursing her son Horus. This iconography became very popular again in 15th and 16th century. |
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